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27 October 2008
Even though I have been away from my homeland for many years, I still speak English with Chinese accent and think in the Chinese way. Sometimes it really troubled me, especially when I tried to express myself in a debate. I feel that my vocabulary, which is one of the basic elements in a language, is not enough. A yet sadder fact, I could get the wrong end of the stick for some phrases consisting of simple words [every now and then].
Last month I made a decision to force myself to contribute to the "Learning English" section. And also I learnt from others who contributed to the section. I have made a good progress since then. I believe one of the reasons I can keep up with this is I got encouragement from Moderators and other Netizens, particularly Black-Bogie, Bu-Tiger, Xingbu and A-Stick-of-Incense! Thank you guys!
However ……Today……
[It's Monday morning and I got up on the wrong side of the bed.] Things started after I kicked over a glass of Coke on the floor. My house mate made a big fuss about this, instead of saying [G’day mate] as usual, the nagging seemed endless. I couldn’t [get a word in edgewise] at all. “It’s not my fault.” I would like to tell everybody but I could only talk to myself. “[You are such a cheapsteak]” I said in silence. “It was only a glass of Coke. Do you know what was I thinking?”
What was I thinking? I asked myself as well. Oh, I know. As a consequence of a dream last nigh, I was thinking what I could do if I would have [all the world’s money]. Is that possible? I don’t care. I would [move heaven and earth] to collect as much as possible. That was why I kicked the glass.
I left home without anything in my stomach. My M3, the [poor man’s Ferrari] has been sent to mechanic yesterday. I must leave home earlier to catch tram. On the way through the tram window, I [saw two cars got into a fender bender.] Ouch! Why people are always in a rush?
“Who would take minutes for today’s meeting?” Project manager asked just after we settled down in the morning’s meeting room. No responses. I couldn’t hold back my laugh, as a phrase was jumped up to my head – [the room was filled with deafening silence.] Because of that, I had no choice to take minutes this time.
OMG, the [bunfight began] in the middle of the meeting when we discussed the reasons why the project had spent more time than the planned. One of the team leaders who is [stuck up by] the CEO [got all hoity-toity with] the project manager. Someone [jumped on the Bandwagon] as well. Most of us felt that blame was unfair. People knew who is [talking the talk] and who is [walking the walk]. As we are the same team, I know he did the best and [left no stone unturned.] The problem was the Client changed their mind over and over again. Anyway [I gave kudos to the project manager] for his hard work to get every things done eventually. If I were the manager I would tell everybody, [the project drove me nuts!]
After lunch, an email was sent to the entire group from a colleague. He wrote, [“It’s with a tinge of sadness that my time with ABC group is coming to an end - my last day is this Friday.”] That is the fifth colleague who is leaving us in this single month period. *sigh*. It was only a ‘tinge’ of sadness – he didn’t use the word ‘reluctant’. Nevertheless, [that’s only a storm in a tea cup], comparing with the current financial crisis.
On the way home, another phrase came to me, [for every cloud there is a silver lining]. Is there a [ray of hope] in our firm? I don’t know.
What a day I had!
BTW, all the colored phrases are I learned from the 'Learning English' section.
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